Match-receptacle.



J. E. NBAHR.

- MATCH REOBPTAOLE.

APPLICATION IILBD MAR. 13, 1911.

1,040,236, Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

8 3 1-178 I 2Z0 73 h COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH 120.. WASHINGTON D c U I a TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB E. NEAI-IR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATCH-RECEPTAGLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB E. NEAI-IR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a match striking and holding device, in which provision is made for replacing the match strikthereon between a locked or strip-holding movable position, and unlocked or strip-releasing position. A single locking means serves to hold the strip retaining member against movement on the body of the device. The strip-retaining member serves furthermore as the door of a compartment in which the reserve supply of match striking material is held; and it is operated in the same manner to permit of access to this compartment as when operated to renew a worn striking surface.

From the foregoing it is seen that the device may be of few and simple parts; that none of these parts is removed from the device in, the manipulation of the same; and that the locking and unlocking operations are necessarily simple.

The objects of the invention will be more fully disclosed upon reference to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a view of the assembled device in cross section on the line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device in cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view, partly cross sectional, on the line 33 of Fig. 4, the movable member for securing the exposed striking material being shown as unlocked from the holder and the fixed member 6 being shown in cross section.

' Fig. 4 is a View of the upper part of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 13, 1911.

- 3 position.

abutmcnts than the other.

Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

Serial No. 614,121.

device in elevation, with the parts in Fig. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the movable holding member for the exposed strip, the same being disengaged from the holder.

The device comprises a base 1, from the center of which rises a standard 2 having seated thereon the holder for the match StIIlUIIg material. .a plate 8 havmg integral therewith, or ex- This holder comprises tending thercthrough, a screw or stud 4:

"thr1eaded into the upper face of the stand- .arc. receptacle 5 within which the supply 20 of ;match striking material is held. This receptacle 1s preferably cylindrical in shape and comprises a semi-cylindrical wall 6 integral The plate 3 serves as the floor of a with the plate 3, and a semi-cylindrical wall or plate 7 pivoted at 8 to the floor 3 and to the top plate 9 of the receptacle. The plate 9 forms, with a cylindrical member 11, a

.match holding chamber 10. The cylindrical member 11 is preferably fast to the plate 9, and the latter is fast to the wall member 6 of the receptacle 5, so that all of these parts may be secured as a unit to the standard 2 by threading the latter on to the screw 4;. The base piece is preferably provided with an angular flange 12 which flares upwardly and outwardly to form an ash tray around the standard 2.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be noted that the fixed wall '6 for the chamber of the match striking material terminates in two abutments 13 and let, and that the pivot 8 of the movable wall member 7 is positioned nearer one of these The wall 6 terminates at the abutment 13 in an inward turned lip, and at the abutment 14: in an outward turned lip. The portion 15 of the plate 7, between the pivot 8 and the abutment 13, is bent inward, so as to be adapted to engage abutment 13 in Fig. 2 position; and is preferably turned outward at its end to form a lip 16. Plate portion 15 is therefore so shaped with respect to the abutment 13 that a length 17 of match striking material drawn from the roll 20 may be firmly held between the plate and abutment 13 when the plate is in Fig. 2 position. The long arm of the plate 7 terminates at the abutment 14 in an in-turnecl lip 18 between which and the outward turned lip on the abutment 141, the match strikin material is adapted to be pinched and hel when the plate is in Fig. 2 position. The plate 7 is slitted as at 19, so that the length 17 of match striking material may be drawn over the long arm of theiplate 7 and threaded through the slit 19, thence to be continued on the inside of the plate to the oppositely turned lips at the abutment 14.

The plate 7 for economy of space is preferably of approximately the width of the match striking material, wherefor the slit 19 extends substantially across the plate 7. In order that the plate may not be severed or too greatly weakened by the slit 19, the plate is provided on its upper and lower edges with inwardly extending ears or lugs 21, which connect the plate portions to each side of the slit. The ears or lugs 21, by engagement with the abutment 14, when the plate 7 is swung from Fig. 2 to Fig. 3 position, limit the throw of the plate and determine the locking position of the same.

The plate 7 is preferably of resilient material and has a natural curvature of slightly less radius than the radius of the wall member 6, so that when the in-turned lip 18 at the end of the plate 7 is snapped over the outward turned lip on the abutment 14, the tendency of the spring member 7 is to hold the parts firmly in Fig. 2 position, with the match striking material securely held at the abutment 14. The positioning of the pivot 8 near one end of the plate results in the long resilient arm to one side of the pivot. The fixed wall member 6 is preferably cut at 22 and 23 from platforms 3 and 9 respectively for a short distance, so that the end of the wall 6 at the abutment 13 may be slightly resilient, to provide a more sure grip on the match striking material at the latter abutment.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 1, the pivots 8 are preferably integral with the plate 7 and are fitted within holes punched in the plates 3 and 9. Likewise the cars 21 and turned portions or lips at the ends of the plate are all preferably integral with the plate, and are stamped as a unit with the plate, being thereafter bent into final position. The ears 21 and the lips, in addition to the functions already ascribed to them, provide substantial bearings for the plate 7 on the plates 3 and 9, thus making the device as a whole more rigid and less liable to become misshapen. The fixed wall 6 is cut away at 24 near the abutment 1.4 to provide for a fingernail engagement with the end of the plate 7, whereby more easily to unlock the latter from the abutment 14 when it is desired to swing the plate on its pivots.

In operation: To position the match striking material, assuming the plate 7 to be locked to the abutment 14, the finger is inserted at 24 under the end of plate 7, and an outward pressure is applied until the lip 18 snaps away from abutment 14, where upon the plate springs to its natural shape. The plate is then swung on its pivots until the aperture to the chamber is suflicient to permit of insertion of roll 20. The end of the strip from the roll 20 is then led be tween the abutment 18 and the lip 16 on plate portion 15. It is thence drawn over the front of plate 7, threaded through slit 19, drawn along the inside of plate 7, and passed beyond the lip 18 on the end of the plate. The plate with the strip in this position is then swung and the lip 18 snapped over the lip at the abutment 14, causing the strip to be pinched at both abutments, as described. The strip may then be torn flush with the end of theplate 7 so that none of the material may show beyond the plate.

The structure shown and herein specifically described, may be modified in many of its features within the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A holder for match striking material comprising two abutments spaced apart, a pivotally mounted plate adapted to be swung to and from said abutments, and means for holding the plate in such position with respect to both abutments as to permit the match striking material to be held with one point thereof between the plate and one of the abutments, and with another point thereof between the plate and the other abutment.

2. A holder for match striking material comprising two abutments spaced apart, a pivotally mounted plate adapted to be swung to and from said abutments, and means for holding the plate in such position with respect to both abutments as to permit the match striking material to be held with one point thereof between the plate and one of the abutments, and with another point thereof between the plate and the other abut ment, the plate serving as back support for v the exposed surface of the striking material.

3. A holder for match striking material comprising two abutments spaced apart, a pivotally mounted plate adapted to be swung to and from said abutments, the pivot of said plate being at a point thereof intermediate the abutments, and means for holding the plate in such position with respect to both abutments as to permit the match striking material to be held with one point thereof between the plate and one of the abutments, and with another point thereof between the plate and the other abutment.

4. A holder for match striking material comprising two abutments spaced apart, a pivotally mounted plate adapted to be swung to and from said abutments, and means for holding the plate in such position with respect to both abutments as to permit the match striking material to be held with one point thereof between the plate and one of the abutments, and with another point thereof between the plate and the other abutment, the plate being resilient to permit it to be snapped into interlocking engagement with its holding means.

5. A holder for match striking material comprising two abutments spaced apart, a pivotally mounted plate adapted to be swung to and from said abutments, and oppositely turned lips one on one end of the plate and one on the opposing abutment, whereby the plate may be locked to said abutment with the match striking material held at one point between said lips and at another point between the plate and the other abutment.

6. A holder for match striking material comprising two abutments spaced apart, a pivotally mounted plate adapted to be swung to and from said abutments, and oppositely turned lips one on one end of the plate and one on the opposing abutment, whereby the plate may be locked to said abutment with the match striking material held at one point between said lips and at another point between the plate and the other abutment, the plate being slitted at an intermediate point to permit of the striking material being passed from the front to the rear of the plate before being caught between said opposing lips.

7. A holder for match striking material comprising two abutments spaced apart, a pivotally mounted plate adapted to be swung to and from said abutments, and means for holding the plate in such position with respect to both abutments as to permit the match striking material to be held with one point thereof between the plate and one of the abutments, and with another point thereof between the plate and the other abutment, the plate being slitted substantially its entire width to permit match striking 'material of like width to be threaded therethrough, and an offset at one edge of the plate at said slit to hold together the plate portions to each side of the slit.

8. A holder for match striking material comprising two abutments spaced apart, a pivotally mounted plate adapted to be swung to and from said abutments, and means for holding the plate in such position with respect to both abutments as to permit the match striking material to be held with one point thereof between the plate and one of the abutments, and with another point thereof between the plate and the other abutment, the plate being resilient to permit it to be snapped into interlocking engagement with its holding means and a lug near the locking end of said plate to control the throw thereof to locking position.

Signed by me at New York, N. Y., this 2nd day of March, 1911.

JACOB E. NEAHR.

Witnesses:

WM. H. GREY, DORA C. ANDEnsEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,,by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. C. 

